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Schadenfreude: The last chance at football joy

October 22nd, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 7 Comments | Filed in T-Rac Circle of Hatred

scha⋅den⋅freu⋅de (pronounced 002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English">/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/, German pronunciation: is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

The Titans are 0-6 and judging by their recent 59-0 loss, not getting any better. Our beloved Coach has pissed off half the fanbase by wearing a Peyton Manning jersey in public. Our QB of the future can’t beat out a 37 year old journeyman who was drafted BEFORE Eddie George had even won the Heisman Trophy. The Titans don’t only suck. They are the laughingstock of the NFL.

So, why continue to watch football? What is the point of trooping on? Well, outside of fan support, there is one thing that can still bring joy to the heart of angry Titans fans: Shadenfruede.

Nothing can bring joy quite like your opponent completely failing. Except maybe a Super Bowl. And a winning team. Okay, forget that. Plenty of things bring greater joy than a hated team completely failing. However, THIS season, the 2009 NFL season, for a Titans fan, nothing can bring joy quite like the failure of others. There are many already existing storylines of Shadenfreude along with many potential ones as well. I will cover them all. Why? Because I’m tired of reflecting on 59-0. Time to hate everybody else.

Current Joyful Failures

Storyline of Hateful Joy #1: The collapse of the almighty Jets and pretty boy Mark Sanchez: This one is an amazing story. At the beginning of the year pretty much everyone said, “The Jets will suck.” I predicted them at 3-13. Well, they came out looking amazing. A top defense and a powerful running game along with the pretty boy savior QB not making huge mistakes led the Jets to a 3-0 record. The Jets looked like they could be division champs. Then they went down to New Orleans and Sanchez played like dogshit. Nobody blinked. It happens. The Superdome is hard to play in, blah blah blah. Well then on Monday Night Football the Miami Dolphins Wildcatted (fuck yeah it’s a verb) the shit out of the VAUNTED JETS DEFENSE and won 31-27. Ah yes. Well it happens. Miami played a great game.

But then….

5 interceptions!!!!! AGAINST THE BILLS!! HAHAHA YOU’RE RUNNING GAME GAVE YOU 300 YARDS RUSHING AND YOU STILL LOST DIRTY SANCHEZ!!! HOW DOES IT FEEL!!! 5 Interceptions in 29 attempts. That is 1 interception every 6 pass attempts. OH I LOVE IT!! SUCK ON IT YOU OVERRATED PRETTY BOY!!! How’s that “alpha male” bullshit working out now, Dilfer? Oh man, I love it. Fail you over-privileged assmunch. FAIL.

So gay...

So gay...

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Posse Review: Titans vs. Jets Week 3

September 28th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 5 Comments | Filed in Posse Review
Kerry Collins has left much to be desired in late game situations. Like completing a pass.

Kerry Collins has left much to be desired in late game situations. Like completing a pass.

Another gut punch loss. The game started out to where I thought to myself, “There isn’t a chance for us to win this game.” However, the Titans proved me wrong, to my extreme happiness. Then they went ahead and lost anyways. I, after the game, declared the season dead. I don’t see much evidence to the contrary in regards to how our schedule is lining up. So lets review this game.

Permanent Problems

  • Special Teams: In two of the first three games, you can make a case that special teams cost us the game. With all the other problems the Titans have had with turnovers, worst pass defense in the league, inability to run the 2 minute offense, etc., etc., the Titans could still be 2-1 if their special teams were competent. Heck, if they were good, they might be 3-0. However, I would be willing to settle for competent and 2-1. That is ridiculous. And Jeff Fisher is ENTIRELY to blame. More on that later.
  • Lack of Offensive Identity: Another week in which the Titans spend a good part of the game looking confused on offense. Some flashes of brilliance (AGAIN), but then just complete confusion, offsides at inopportune times and sacks at inopportune times. It’s frustrating to watch, especially when I have seen evidence that this offense could be elite.
  • Pass Defense: While it played better against the Jets than the previous two games, the defense looked its best when they got pressure. Cecil dialed up some blitzes at perfect times. However, the few times there wasn’t enough pressure, Sanchez picked up some big yardage passing and confirmed that this unit will be the Achilles’ heel all year.

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Media Critique Monday: NFL Week 1

September 14th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 3 Comments | Filed in Media Failures

So, by late afternoon on Mondays, I have usually seen enough to know what a few common themes the mainstream media is pounding out and throwing our way. Most are legitimate if over-covered. That’s the media now, including blogs like this one. Everything is over-covered. But a few stories being shoved down our throat are total bullshit. I will try to bring light to these stories to you, the faithful readers of the Wisdom of T-Rac and his Posse.

Kyle Orton is 1-0; Jay Cutler is 0-1: Such a common theme, I’ve seen 3 national writers bring it up, including the amazingly original Peter King. This is a bullshit way to look at it. It’s sensationalizing at its best, and sums up everything I hate about people like Chris Berman and Peter King. Josh McDaniels took an offense that a year ago was playing really well in Denver and carrying the worst defense in NFL history to an 8-8 record, which is actually quite an accomplishment, and scored 6 points that didn’t involve fluky tipped passes on the CINCINNATI BENGALS. Orton then throws a pass that in virtually any other game is intercepted, but this time leads to one of the craziest and fluky endings in a long time. On top of it, Michael Lombardi of the National Football Post summed up the failure of the Bengals best here:

“I feel so bad for the Bengals, but situational football is a huge part of the NFL. Where was the deepest man on the field? Who cares if they catch it? All they had to do was tackle anyone who touched the ball. A defense cannot get outflanked. I know this is a little like second-guessing, but it’s paramount to the situation. I wonder if the Bengals worked on that one?”

The Bengals define bad situational football, and it cost them in that fluky play. Should Josh McDaniels get credit for that? NO.

Now, Jay Cutler played horribly in the loss to the Packers, but a few points should be made about that as well: 1) The Bears receivers suck. 2) The Packers are infinitely better than the Bengals. 3) The Bears, despite Jay Cutler’s 4 interceptions, still put up more points than the Broncos, and they did not have a fluky play to do it. Jay Cutler has a lot of questions to answer for his play, but to suggest Kyle Orton played just as well or to even hint at it with this suggestive headline is laziness on the part of the media and sensationalizing bullshit. AVOID ANY WRITER THAT USES THIS AS A TOPIC FOR A COLUMN OR EVEN MENTIONS IT.

Sorry, no credit in my book for beating THE BENGALS with one of the luckiest plays in NFL history.

Sorry, no credit in my book for beating THE BENGALS with one of the luckiest plays in NFL history.

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Hi, I’m Mark Sanchez, and I have accomplished nothing. Like my body?

May 20th, 2009 by Rogersworthe | 8 Comments | Filed in Rest of the NFL

Hi, I’m Mark Sanchez. I have no real accomplishments in my life as a QB (I almost beat out John David Booty while he was injured, but alas, it was not to be :-( but I still was picked number 5 overall. Trent Dilfer likes me though! You should too. You know why?

Because of this:

and this:


and don’t I look good here?


Don’t you like me now? Pleeeeease, America? ESPN loves me!!! I played college in LA!!! I’m like a hot Brett Favre! I’m the next Joe Namath!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOOOVE MEEEEE!!!!

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